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Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The utter impracticability of Hen
ry Georges land scheme is clearly
shown by these facts: The tota
ground rent of all the land in the
United States, city and country, is
computed at about S400,000,000 an.
nually. The total annual taxation
national, State, country and municip-
ais in excess of that amount. The
rent would have to be increased, il
Georges theory were putin practice
and the people would never receive
penny In the way of dividends
hence they would be no better eff
And We may be sure that there
would soon 60 up cry over ths
vast amounts of personal property
that went untaxed, sufficient to over.
turn the new order of things. and
restore the present status.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21
HOW EGGS ARE TESTED.
Gibson, the Egg and Butter Dealer, Ex
plains the Art to Ledger
Reporter.

"Did you ever see an egg tester3"
la LEDGER reporter was asked this
morning by Mr.. Gibson, proprietor
of Gibson's egg and poultry estab-
lihsment, 113 North Jefferson street.
"No," of course he hadn't.
"Well," said the gentleman, "I'll
show you ours" and the newsgath
erer was led back through the large
business Office to little room eight
or ten feet square, from which ths
light is carefully guarded. Acurtain
was pushed aside and the reporter
passed in. In the center of the room
surrounded by half filed egg cases
two men sat facing each other. Be
tween them was what looked like 9
small round stove with a brillian
Hight inside, on either side facing tht
men are a pair of round holes intt
which an egg may be pushed nearly
through. The men rapidly take al
eggs from one side, put them up Il
the hole, and as the light strikes
them a practiced eye can at once tel
how sound they are and the eggs ar,
rated accordingly.
From the test room the reportei
was taken into the cooling room
where low temperature is main
tained the year around. The room
l22x1G feet and IA feet high. Thous
ands of dozens of eggs are cased ant
pscked in this room. and are KEEP
lperfectly fresh by the dry, even tenn
lperature. Butter is kept as hard ai
Ia rock, and by the time the thins
was explained, the reporter, will
teeth clustering, was glad enough t.
get out
The egg tester described is an in
vention of Mr.. Gibson's and is
great success.
This house commands the trade O
an immense scope Of country, ant
wagons are constantly coming il
tloaded with butter and eggs. On
load the other morning contained
1870 dozen Of eggs. Arrangement
are being made whereby the secont
story of the establishment viii b
used for manufacturing departmen
where egg cases and other woodel
ARTICLES necessary will be manufactur
ed extensively.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

Of this disease but his theory encour-
ages the bringing of the Southern
cattle here. He says in his closing
remarks .suntil we have been able to
prove that certain animals can give q
contagious disease we cannot place
them in quarantine"
We will ask, suppose a load of
Texas cattle were shipped here, are
We to let them be turned loose among
our cattle and wait and see IL they
impart the disease to the cattle be-
fore we hare them quarantinedf
One thing more we wish to notice,
and we are done, that is this: When
the doctor was here he saw that these
cattle that were sick were infested
with thousands of Southern ticks,
and it is a well established fact that
these ticks cannot exist here through
the winter; then we are forced To
conclude they were brought here by
these Southern cattle. Now, if the
weather was warm enough for them
to bring the ticks, was it not warm
enough for them to bring the Texas
fever? In the face of all these facts
he tells ai1r farmarp fba d;oaoeo x..a q
not brought here by these cattle. In
criticising the doctors opinions VIC
have no other motive than the good
of the community and that the factl
may be known.
The disease has somewhat abatee
but five new cases and some tha
were sick are better. Twenty-six head
in the two herds have died.
J. B. CLARK.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

If the Water-works matter is go
ing into the courts it will be three
or four years before the matter can
positively be settled. In the mean.
time it is very important that some
protection against fire should be de-
vised. Is it not possible for the
city to use.the hydrants under pro.
test and pay for the water If the
city loses the suit. We don't now ask
this would be right or practicable,
but do know that at the presen,
time the Fire Company is in poor
shape to contend with even the small.
lest kind Of q fire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21
THE ABUSE OF PENSIONS.

The letters received by the Trib-
aae from Grand. Army posts in re-
sponse to its inquiries show that
while a respectable proportion OF the
old soldiers do not favor the Depend
ent Pension Bill the sentiment in
support of a general service pension
act is increasing.
OF these two measures the former
would degrade the pension list, while
the latter would make patriotism a
lost virtue and saddle upon the reo-
Pile for the next generation a heavier
load Of taxation on war account than
is borne by any other nation in the
world. We showed last winter that
the cost of the pension list and the
army in this country, whose policy
and traditions are those of peace, al
ieady exceeds that of Great Britain
on Germany, The pension list alone
is within $20,000,000 of the cost to
Germany of the immense standing
army that makes the Empire camp.
A service pension bill would more
than double the anual cost of pen
sions, raising it to s150,000,000.
This is S25, 900, 900 more than the
expense of the regular army of Russia,
and exceeds that of the armies OF
Germany and Austria Hungary com,
blned. And yet the demagogues who
favor such an increrse, to "catch the
soldier vote" BOAST loudly on patrio.
tic occasions of the Republics ex,
emption from the cost of standing
army.
A service pension is equally OBJ
iectionable on the score of principle
and policy. 1t eliminates patriotism
from national contests. A citizens
first and highest civil duty is to de.
fend his country. 1t would be a last
ing disgrace to the great Republic te
Hessianize it's army and induce mer
to enlist In its defense as a sort ot
of annuity insurance scheme. There
should be liberality in pensions bu,
not prodigality. To pensions thu
strong with the weak, the rich will
the poor, for service and not fo
suffering, is to abuse a generous ma
tion's bounty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

If, AT THE end of a five years law
suit the city should get beaten by tue
Water-works company, we would
owe quite sum-more than the city
could easily pay. During the time
of such suit we think the $4,000 a
year should be loaned out and kept
on interest, so that in case the city
was defeated we could promptly pay
up and in the meantime, under some
kind of flag Of truce, arrangements
should be made to use the water for
fire
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The result of the election in Ohio
for Governor this fall will serve to
throw some light on the rather mixed
political situation In the country.
Both a Labor and a Prohibition
ticket have been placed in the field.
The Democrats are to hold their Con
vention on the goth and 21st inst. at
Cleveland, and the Republicans hold
theirs at Toledo on the 9th and
28th. There will then be new. data
for calculations as to the effect of the
Labor and Prohibition votes on the
two principal parties.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

Mas. LANGTRY has settled in Cali
fornia for the next six months, in or.
der that she may apply for "a divorce.
The judge who shall grant it in order
that she may marry Gebhardt should
be impeached for promoting immor.
ality. The practice of CONSECUTIVE
poiygamy'--or rather, in this case
consecutive polyandry-should have
no countenance from judicial tribu.
mails. Let a woman who contemplates
1t JON the ranks Of the scarlet sister.
hood, where she really belongs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21
IssOURI. THURSDAY, JULY 2I, 1887.

In front OF property Of g. B. Traver,
on Maple street w. x. Potts, on
Clay; Mrs. AlIensworth, on Clsy ;
G. B. Null, on North Jefferson, and
August Weber, Maple.
j. r. Llewellyn, Of the Mexico
Electric Light, Heat and Power COM
pany asked that the electric light con-
tract be signed, which was done, the
contract to cease at the will Of either
party.
Ten dollars was appropriated, for
the use of the Mayor In charity
cases. He said he had paid contid-
cradle toward supporting a Mrs.
Davis and Mrs. 7. L. Moore, and the
money would come handy in the
future.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21
Infant Theology.

A small boy not far from Boston
was the other day guilty of some
outrageous mischief, which he per-
formed alone in q closed room, bui
which was quickly brought to bis
door. When his mother remonstrat
ed with the youth he met her re
proof by this bold assertion:
aYou didn't see me do it.
mo-" she replied solemnly. s;bui
God did"
sWell," the urchin retorted will
an sir Of contemptious superiority,
II guess God amt going around Civ
| ing away everything he sees In .thil
house"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The New York Tribune and the
New York World are sorely dissatis-
fed because President Cleveland has
written letter declining to visit st.
Louis during the annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic in
that city. They denounce this letter
as cowardly and sneaking, but with
these two papers fiocking together
(after the fashion of birds of feath-
err while the rest of the press 1ndorses
the presidents determination as ex-
ceedingly proper-under this condi-
ton of things, President Cleveland
can in all probability endure the de-
nuneiation without winclng, and can
furthermore, if he chooses to adopt
the hymnist's advice, ssmile at Satan s
rage"
1t is easy enough to understand
why Brother Whitelaw Reid and
Brother Joseph Pulitzer are outraged
by the presidents determination not
to visit st. Louis at this time. Meth
er of these able editors likes the
president, and perhaps they have
cause TO dislike him. Each would be
tickled to death to see him IN an
embarrassing position to get him in
volved Ia disgraceful controversy
or in awkward predicament would
afford Brothers Reid and Pulitzer
the keenest qualification. But the
president is too sagacious for these
twin marplots( (arcades ambo!). And
it is because they hate him and be-
cause he is smart enough to be decent
that they are gnashing their teeth
and foaming at the mouth just now.
With the exception of these two
papers the press OF the country
irrespective Of politics-indorses
| President Cleveland's determination
in this matter as manly and man
neriy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The killing of nine negroes by
lightning near Nashville, Tenn. was
a remarkable event, and some dema
gogues will probably be found willing
and ready to ascribe it to Demo
cratic ascendency and an obvious de-
sire to suppress the negro vote. L
Democrats had nothing to do witt
the cold-blooded deed, how is that
only negroes were killed?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21
BOOTHS RENTED.
The Fair Grounds IN Excellent Con.
dition, and Being Improved
Daily.

There was a fair attendance at the
sale of booths at the Fair Grounds
last Thursday, commencing at three
O'Clock. The booths sold well to re-
liable parties, as printed below. The
Fair Grounds are being put in excel
lent condition for the Fair next month.
Space is already being engaged in the
Art Hall, and the other departments
all promise to be well filed. Stalls
are being taken daily, and it is
thought some additions will likely
have to made.
The booths sold as follows, with
payment down of S. each;
No. 8, r. S. Carver, $21.5O.
No. 10, Bob Hooton, $21.
No. IL. j. P. Dobyns, 1922. 50.
No. IA, Mathews & Ferguson,
s16.5O.
No. 16. Fl. Easter, $11. l.
No. Z, ii. Ferguson, $3.50.
No. A, r. M. White, $11.50; also
No. 2, s9-50-For sale. !
No. l, Chas. Morgner, So.
No. 5, Chas. Wright, 12.
No. Z, E. Staples, sl7.Af
I
No. 9, Bob Hooton, $19.
Booth under the stairs, Mike
Schefftel, $50.
No. IL, Shock & Riney, $l8.
At this point they stopped as al
present who wanted booths were sup
piled. The others will be rentet
privately.
Auctioneer, J. 7. johnson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21
Hog Catechism.


The answers to the following ques-
tions were made by an Ohio pig
breeder of large experience:
"What breed Of hogs is bests"
That will depend upon what we are
raising them for. If to sell young
pigs, raise the kind most sought after
in your vicinity. If to fatten at six
months old, select rapid grower of
the smaller breeds. Whatever your
object, be guided more by your own
judgement than by advice of breeders
who have stock for sale.
"At what age is it best to wean
pigs?" Eight weeks.
"What is the best feed for young
pips, shoats and old hogs?" For
pigs, milk and. clover; shoats, ditto /;
for old hogs, if to fatten, milk and
meal.
"Where is the best place to fatten
hogs?" On tight floor, so all Of
the manure can be saved.
"Would you feed store Tor stock }
hogs corn in summer, or let them
live on clover and grass until fall?"
If the hogs are to be fattened in the
fall, they should have small quanti-
ty of grain all summer to harden the
meat. This method of feeding will
give better satisfaction than it does
to change at once from grain to
grass.
Hogs with rings in their noses will
not do as well as without; 1t is not
natural.
A SOW is at her best as a brood
sow at three years old.
I would feed twice a day slops
made of middlings, and let them run
on grass-clover, if possible.
Pigs should be farrowed about
the middle of March or first OF
April, and the last of September o,
first of October.
Feed wheat middlings to make
them grow, with crushed corn to fat
ten.
For sweet meat, fatten in open loi
or on the ground; for speedy fatten.
ing, confne them to small pen, or
the floor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

SWITZERLAND has settled the liquor
question in the peculiar way. On
May Is, a popular vote was taken on
the adoption of the federal law which
gives the government the sole right
to manufacture and sell spirituous
liquors. The vote stood 252,79l in
favor of the law and 127 ,474 against
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

Attention to small things in farm
ing is absolutely necessary to salts
factory outcome of the business gen.
orally. A board knocked off from
the fence and left a day may give
cattle the opportunity to get into a
field of grain and destroy it. Ashoe
lost from horses foot while plow-
ing may make him lame and throw
him out of work for whole season.
A weak spot in a stable floor that
can be fixed in ten minutes may let a
horse's leg through, and perhaps de-
stroy his entire value. A thousand
little matters like these are met in the
sourse OF season on almost every
farm, each one requiring immediate
attention as a necessity to escape
locr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21
MINOR MATTERS.

All the bills presented, amounting
to S3l2 were allowed.
Upon motion OF Steele, the Asses
sor's tax book was received.
A bridge was ordered on Whitley
street between Water and Washing
ton.
A warrant for sl25 was ordered
drawn for Isaac French. for work on
assessors book.
Upon motion of Steele, the Uity
Attorney was instructed to bring
suit for back taxes.
Sidewalks were ordered as follows;
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The gas we'll in Sedalia Is down
about 1000 feet, and the drill is fas-
tened at the bottom of it. Tools have
been sent for and the drill will lIkely
be fished out. The gas prospeetors
at Clinton have struck lowing well
of mineral water.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

We think it would be a good idea
for people who have water in their
yards to keep their small hose handy
to use in case of fire. Until the
trouble with the company is settled
no water will be used by the fire com
nanu
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21
what One Ohio Town Needs.

From the West Union Ohio Defender.
! Cur neighboring towns are boring
holes in the ground for natural gas.
The crying need in this town is .
hole bored deep enough to strike
natural appleiack.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

THERE need be no uneaslness
among the stock men of the county.
The sheriff will see that the quaran-
tined cattle are properly looked af-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The biggest lot of strangers ever
in Mexico will be here on September
l4th, and from the way subscriptions
are coming in, they will be entertain
ed royally.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

THE booths at the Fair Grounds
sold better this year than last which
shows that the buyers think we are
going TO have even bigger Fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The Northwestern Masonic ..Aid
Association Of Chicago paid las'
week, through ]. N. Cross OF thii
place, $500 to Mrs. Sarah 4
Bridges, widow Of the late G. q
Bridges.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

LADDoSIA is one of the biggest
shipping points in the county. Oats
are coming in there day and night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

A MONUMENT to Mansfield, who do
mated the ground for the public
square, we learn is to be erected IN
the Court House yard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The citizens of Mexico are to be
eomplimented on the lively manner
in which they are subscribing to the
ex-Confederate entertainment fund.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The subscriptions TO the fund TO
entertain the ex-Confederates at the
big reunion September 14th, are
coming in rapidly. The committee
only has to lay the book In fro1t Of .
man to obtain $40, s25 or $50 sub
'scription.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

Mexico is to have . grand Trades
procession at her Fair in August.
The committee has waited on the
citizens and not one Of them refused
to have float, Moberly viii lay il
over them nicely.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

We are reliably informed that two
of Mexico's Councilmen are talking
of resigning. We are unable to
iaarn Why.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The A. 0. U. w. Band is inprov-
ing fast and will shortly be one the
best in this part of the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

Billy Potts, who lives west Of Mex
leo, had two valuable steers killed
by Ightning injured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

EVERYBODY is getting ready for
lhe fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-21

The Water-works matter is in stdtu
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-06-11
A PLAGUE Of snails.

The entire lower portion of Centre
county, Pa, is at present plagued by d
most extraordinary visitation ofsnais o.
garden slugs. They come from their
hiding places in crevices, under board
walks, stones, &c, only at night, and they
cover the roads and walks by the mil
lion. In PENIS Valley and Bloomfield
and the surrounding country they have
eaten every growing thing in their path.
Some gardens have been entirely de-
stroycd. Mornings after warm nights,
walks and roads are literally covered
with the Stun these insects leave in
their trails and by bushels of dead snails
that have been crushed by pedestrians
and wagons. Lime, Paris green, salt and
other insects dcstroyers have been scat.
tered literally where the snails travel
and feed, but they have had no effect on
them. The singular part of this plague
is that no insects of the kind were ever
known to be in the county before-Ex
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-06-11

Ir Is hardly credible, as represent
ed, that the Bohemian oat swindlcrs
should have gotten their work in so
ellectuallyin the Cumberland Valley
MS to have carried away half million
dollars from the unsuspecting farm
ers; but it seems to have been the
same old game, with this difference,
that the swindlers actually carried
out their contract to take the first
years crop at the fancy prices charg-
ed for the seed, and waited till the
second year to do their great act of
scoundrelism. 1t is hard blow to
the victims, but it will teach them
to read the new spapers more, which
have been exposing the Bohemian
oats dodge for several years past,
and to distrust the stranger who pre-
tends to have and to sell something
that is far above everything else of
its kind, but who cannot give any
good reason why the article offered
for sale should command such
price in the general market for farm
products.-- Philadelphia Times.
WE think every paper in Della
ware and MARYLAND has shown IN
these frauds and similar other ones
Il dozen times. We cannot under
stand why men will allow scoundrels
to rob them of their earnings. News
papers, weekly Or daily, always
show up these fellows and it will
pay all the time to take paper or
two. BY not being able Gas many
say)to take paper, you are duped
out of hundreds of dollars.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-06-11

well as many others, the lamps ought t.
be lit. viii some one inform us how
many nights during the year the lamp,
are to lighted?
-Newark's young men should organ
ize a club and secure q suitable room to
spend their evenings, especially those ev-
enings which they do not call. Stores,
corners, and boxes are very convene mt
places but MANY times causes the propri-
etor Of store to lose custom. No man
likes to tell those who drop in, evening
after evening, that it is against his rules.
Once or twice a week is frequent enough.
just think awhile, and see if we are not
fight
Some time ago we stated that Mr..
Peter Might of Chestnut Hill just south
of Newark, would have an average yield
of peaches. Since that time Mr.. Might
has discovered the fact that he will have
few if any peaches. lie thinks one
wagon load will include the yield Here.
tofore while other orchards have failed
to produce, this orchard could always be
relied on for full or average crop.
The following is the register ofthe
thermometer from Friday, June 3d. 'S7
to Thursday, June 9th, inclusive:
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-06-11

The whitowash brush has made its
appearance in this town and caused Il
good many dark objects to become white.
The wheat which we mentioned look
ing so well, is in many places almost in
tircly destroyed 10y the IIessian fly. One
farmer says he will not have q bushels
per acre.
The Church Sociablc of the Prcsby-
terrain Church met ut the house Of Geo.
Boulden, last Friday evening. \ good
time was had by all present.
According 10 report several of our
young men, will leave this ncighborhood
in u few days on the hunt of "jobs," so
they sag.
The strawberry festival held by the
ladies of the NJ. +. Church was Il pleas
ureabe and financial success.
As yet none of the baseball clubs have
sent in their challenges. The boys prac-
tice every Saturday afternoon, and are in
pretty good shape
Miss Emma String, teacher Of School
District No. 43, took her scholars to
Lovers Retreat last Thursday ON picnic
A good number were present and all en-
joyed it hugely.
The Armstrong club will play game
of baseball, here mkt Saturday with the
club of this town. Both clubs have had
considerable practice and Il good game is
expected.
Sunday will be observed as Childrens'
Day in the ME. Church, and Sunday in
the Presbyterian Church.
As three Of our towns hest men were
going to church last Sunday evening they
thought as they had no girls they would
get some flowers, so they went to gar
den full Of peonys, and each plucked
one for every button-hole in his coat,
and returned to and entered church.
The peach crop viii he very short this
year in this vicinity. The strawberry
crop is also failure. DEACo.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-06-11
Explosion CT a Boiler.

The boiler on a shifting locomotive on
the b. x o. Railroad exploded on Tues
day morning just opposite the station at
Chester. The station was badly wrecked.
The gentlemen's waiting room was COM
pletely demolished. The houses in the
opposite side ofthe street were shattered
and some of the inmates seriously injur-
ed One man was instantly killed and
another died a few hours later Twelve
others were injured, some fatally. The
engineer was sitting in the cab holding
the throttle when the shock sent his fire
man flying through the air some 80 feet
distance. He was not not much injured.
The cab of the engine flew back over the
engineers head leaving him uninjured.
The engine was torn in the centre as
though it had been paper.